In this paper, a novel direction of arrival(DOA) estimation algorithm using directional antennas in cylindrical conformal arrays(CCAs) is proposed. To eliminate the shadow effect, we divide the CCAs into several subar...In this paper, a novel direction of arrival(DOA) estimation algorithm using directional antennas in cylindrical conformal arrays(CCAs) is proposed. To eliminate the shadow effect, we divide the CCAs into several subarrays to obtain the complete output vector. Considering the anisotropic radiation pattern of a CCA, which cannot be separated from the manifold matrix, an improved interpolation method is investigated to transform the directional subarray into omnidirectional virtual nested arrays without non-orthogonal perturbation on the noise vector. Then, the cross-correlation matrix(CCM) of the subarrays is used to generate the consecutive co-arrays without redundant elements and eliminate the noise vector. Finally, the full-rank equivalent covariance matrix is constructed using the output of co-arrays,and the unitary estimation of the signal parameters via rotational invariance techniques(ESPRIT) is performed on the equivalent covariance matrix to estimate the DOAs with low computational complexity. Numerical simulations verify the superior performance of the proposed algorithm, especially under a low signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) environment.展开更多
Uniform linear array(ULA)radars are widely used in the collision-avoidance radar systems of small unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs).In practice,a ULA's multi-target direction of arrival(DOA)estimation performance suf...Uniform linear array(ULA)radars are widely used in the collision-avoidance radar systems of small unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs).In practice,a ULA's multi-target direction of arrival(DOA)estimation performance suffers from significant performance degradation owing to the limited number of physical elements.To improve the underdetermined DOA estimation performance of a ULA radar mounted on a small UAV platform,we propose a nonuniform linear motion sampling underdetermined DOA estimation method.Using the motion of the UAV platform,the echo signal is sampled at different positions.Then,according to the concept of difference co-array,a virtual ULA with multiple array elements and a large aperture is synthesized to increase the degrees of freedom(DOFs).Through position analysis of the original and motion arrays,we propose a nonuniform linear motion sampling method based on ULA for determining the optimal DOFs.Under the condition of no increase in the aperture of the physical array,the proposed method obtains a high DOF with fewer sampling runs and greatly improves the underdetermined DOA estimation performance of ULA.The results of numerical simulations conducted herein verify the superior performance of the proposed method.展开更多
Underwater direction of arrival(DOA)estimation has always been a very challenging theoretical and practical problem.Due to the serious non-stationary,non-linear,and non-Gaussian characteristics,machine learning based ...Underwater direction of arrival(DOA)estimation has always been a very challenging theoretical and practical problem.Due to the serious non-stationary,non-linear,and non-Gaussian characteristics,machine learning based DOA estimation methods trained on simulated Gaussian noised array data cannot be directly applied to actual underwater DOA estimation tasks.In order to deal with this problem,environmental data with no target echoes can be employed to analyze the non-Gaussian components.Then,the obtained information about non-Gaussian components can be used to whiten the array data.Based on these considerations,a novel practical sonar array whitening method was proposed.Specifically,based on a weak assumption that the non-Gaussian components in adjacent patches with and without target echoes are almost the same,canonical cor-relation analysis(CCA)and non-negative matrix factorization(NMF)techniques are employed for whitening the array data.With the whitened array data,machine learning based DOA estimation models trained on simulated Gaussian noised datasets can be used to perform underwater DOA estimation tasks.Experimental results illustrated that,using actual underwater datasets for testing with known machine learning based DOA estimation models,accurate and robust DOA estimation performance can be achieved by using the proposed whitening method in different underwater con-ditions.展开更多
Sparse array design has significant implications for improving the accuracy of direction of arrival(DOA)estimation of non-circular(NC)signals.We propose an extended nested array with a filled sensor(ENAFS)based on the...Sparse array design has significant implications for improving the accuracy of direction of arrival(DOA)estimation of non-circular(NC)signals.We propose an extended nested array with a filled sensor(ENAFS)based on the hole-filling strategy.Specifically,we first introduce the improved nested array(INA)and prove its properties.Subsequently,we extend the sum-difference coarray(SDCA)by adding an additional sensor to fill the holes.Thus the larger uniform degrees of freedom(uDOFs)and virtual array aperture(VAA)can be abtained,and the ENAFS is designed.Finally,the simulation results are given to verify the superiority of the proposed ENAFS in terms of DOF,mutual coupling and estimation performance.展开更多
A fiber Bragg grating (FBG) geophone and a surface seismic wave-based algorithm for detecting the direction of arrival (DOA) are described. The operational principle of FBG geophone is introduced and illustrated with ...A fiber Bragg grating (FBG) geophone and a surface seismic wave-based algorithm for detecting the direction of arrival (DOA) are described. The operational principle of FBG geophone is introduced and illustrated with systematic experimental data, demonstrating an improved FBG geophone with many advantages over the conventional geophones. An innovative, robust, and simple algorithm is developed for obtaining the bearing information on the seismic events, such as people walking, or vehicles moving. Such DOA estimate is based on the interactions and projections of surface-propagating seismic waves generated by the moving personnel or vehicles with a single tri-axial seismic sensor based on FBGs. Of particular interest is the case when the distance between the source of the seismic wave and the detector is less than or comparable to one wavelength (less than 100 m), corresponding to near-field detection, where an effective method of DOA finding lacks.展开更多
提出一种基于声源空间域分布稀疏和声学矢量传感器“8”字形指向特性的波达方向(Direction of Arrival,DOA)估计方法。该方法在通过最优化稀疏算法选择与声源方向最匹配的向量的同时,借助声学矢量传感器中组合声矢量信号独特的“8”字...提出一种基于声源空间域分布稀疏和声学矢量传感器“8”字形指向特性的波达方向(Direction of Arrival,DOA)估计方法。该方法在通过最优化稀疏算法选择与声源方向最匹配的向量的同时,借助声学矢量传感器中组合声矢量信号独特的“8”字形指向性,进一步提升了单个声学矢量传感器测向的准确度。实验结果表明,所提方法在宽带信号短时、小快拍情形下具备较强的健壮性,能够有效抑制噪声并准确获得噪声源的空间位置,为后续的噪声控制与处理提供关键的基础信息,有助于提高噪声处理的性能和效果。展开更多
A new method is presented to estimate two-dimensional （2-D） Direction-of-Arrival （DOA） angles of narrowband real-valued signals impinging on a L-shape Arrays（LA）. The basic idea of the proposed method is to incr...A new method is presented to estimate two-dimensional （2-D） Direction-of-Arrival （DOA） angles of narrowband real-valued signals impinging on a L-shape Arrays（LA）. The basic idea of the proposed method is to increase both the effective aperture size and the number of sensors by employing the conjugate invariance property of real-valued signals. Thus, the proposed method can provide a more precise DOA and detect more signals than the Cross-Correlation Matrix Method （CCMM）. Numerical simulation results are presented to support the theory.展开更多
文章针对阵元位置误差导致水听器阵列性能恶化的问题,提出一种适用于均匀线阵列的阵元位置无源校准方法。该方法综合远场阵列模型和宽带信号空间谱的特性,利用压缩感知技术,将阵元实际位置估计问题转化为稀疏信号的重建,建立了阵元位置...文章针对阵元位置误差导致水听器阵列性能恶化的问题,提出一种适用于均匀线阵列的阵元位置无源校准方法。该方法综合远场阵列模型和宽带信号空间谱的特性,利用压缩感知技术,将阵元实际位置估计问题转化为稀疏信号的重建,建立了阵元位置误差模型,构建了相应的优化函数,并采用正交匹配追踪(Orthogonal Matching Pursuit,OMP)算法解算阵元实际位置。计算机仿真验证表明,基于压缩感知的方法能有效改善阵元位置误差造成的空间谱估计失效问题,可为目标方位角(Direction of Arrival,DOA)估计提供有效的技术支撑。展开更多
文中提出一种二维空间相干信号波达方向(Direction of Arrival,DOA)估计方法。该方法首先对L形阵接收数据协方差矩阵进行共轭重构,将原协方差矩阵的平方与重构矩阵的平方相加后求均值,得到新协方差矩阵。然后采用前后向空间平滑技术对...文中提出一种二维空间相干信号波达方向(Direction of Arrival,DOA)估计方法。该方法首先对L形阵接收数据协方差矩阵进行共轭重构,将原协方差矩阵的平方与重构矩阵的平方相加后求均值,得到新协方差矩阵。然后采用前后向空间平滑技术对新协方差矩阵进行预处理,最后通过Root-MUSIC算法进行DOA估计。仿真实验和湖试数据分析结果表明,与常规方法相比,文中方法避免了谱峰搜索,减小了计算量,提高了相干信号DOA估计的分辨成功概率和估计精度,具有较高的工程应用价值。展开更多
针对传统平行线阵的二维波达方向(direction of arrival,DOA)估计算法阵列自由度受限且计算复杂度较高的问题,提出了一种双平行扩展互质阵列下的二维DOA估计算法。首先采用平行扩展互质线阵,利用阵元间距的差集构造虚拟平行均匀线阵,计...针对传统平行线阵的二维波达方向(direction of arrival,DOA)估计算法阵列自由度受限且计算复杂度较高的问题,提出了一种双平行扩展互质阵列下的二维DOA估计算法。首先采用平行扩展互质线阵,利用阵元间距的差集构造虚拟平行均匀线阵,计算该虚拟阵列的自协方差矩阵和互协方差矩阵,并构造Toeplitz矩阵;然后构造增广矩阵,并结合旋转不变技术的信号参数估计(estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance technique,ESPRIT)算法,将二维DOA估计转化为两个一维DOA估计问题,获得唯一且自动配对的二维DOA估计参数。仿真实验结果表明,所提算法较传统算法具有更好的DOA估计性能和更低的计算复杂度。展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [grant number. 61871414]。
文摘In this paper, a novel direction of arrival(DOA) estimation algorithm using directional antennas in cylindrical conformal arrays(CCAs) is proposed. To eliminate the shadow effect, we divide the CCAs into several subarrays to obtain the complete output vector. Considering the anisotropic radiation pattern of a CCA, which cannot be separated from the manifold matrix, an improved interpolation method is investigated to transform the directional subarray into omnidirectional virtual nested arrays without non-orthogonal perturbation on the noise vector. Then, the cross-correlation matrix(CCM) of the subarrays is used to generate the consecutive co-arrays without redundant elements and eliminate the noise vector. Finally, the full-rank equivalent covariance matrix is constructed using the output of co-arrays,and the unitary estimation of the signal parameters via rotational invariance techniques(ESPRIT) is performed on the equivalent covariance matrix to estimate the DOAs with low computational complexity. Numerical simulations verify the superior performance of the proposed algorithm, especially under a low signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) environment.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(61973037)National 173 Program Project(2019-JCJQ-ZD-324)。
文摘Uniform linear array(ULA)radars are widely used in the collision-avoidance radar systems of small unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs).In practice,a ULA's multi-target direction of arrival(DOA)estimation performance suffers from significant performance degradation owing to the limited number of physical elements.To improve the underdetermined DOA estimation performance of a ULA radar mounted on a small UAV platform,we propose a nonuniform linear motion sampling underdetermined DOA estimation method.Using the motion of the UAV platform,the echo signal is sampled at different positions.Then,according to the concept of difference co-array,a virtual ULA with multiple array elements and a large aperture is synthesized to increase the degrees of freedom(DOFs).Through position analysis of the original and motion arrays,we propose a nonuniform linear motion sampling method based on ULA for determining the optimal DOFs.Under the condition of no increase in the aperture of the physical array,the proposed method obtains a high DOF with fewer sampling runs and greatly improves the underdetermined DOA estimation performance of ULA.The results of numerical simulations conducted herein verify the superior performance of the proposed method.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51279033).
文摘Underwater direction of arrival(DOA)estimation has always been a very challenging theoretical and practical problem.Due to the serious non-stationary,non-linear,and non-Gaussian characteristics,machine learning based DOA estimation methods trained on simulated Gaussian noised array data cannot be directly applied to actual underwater DOA estimation tasks.In order to deal with this problem,environmental data with no target echoes can be employed to analyze the non-Gaussian components.Then,the obtained information about non-Gaussian components can be used to whiten the array data.Based on these considerations,a novel practical sonar array whitening method was proposed.Specifically,based on a weak assumption that the non-Gaussian components in adjacent patches with and without target echoes are almost the same,canonical cor-relation analysis(CCA)and non-negative matrix factorization(NMF)techniques are employed for whitening the array data.With the whitened array data,machine learning based DOA estimation models trained on simulated Gaussian noised datasets can be used to perform underwater DOA estimation tasks.Experimental results illustrated that,using actual underwater datasets for testing with known machine learning based DOA estimation models,accurate and robust DOA estimation performance can be achieved by using the proposed whitening method in different underwater con-ditions.
基金supported by China National Science Foundations(Nos.62371225,62371227)。
文摘Sparse array design has significant implications for improving the accuracy of direction of arrival(DOA)estimation of non-circular(NC)signals.We propose an extended nested array with a filled sensor(ENAFS)based on the hole-filling strategy.Specifically,we first introduce the improved nested array(INA)and prove its properties.Subsequently,we extend the sum-difference coarray(SDCA)by adding an additional sensor to fill the holes.Thus the larger uniform degrees of freedom(uDOFs)and virtual array aperture(VAA)can be abtained,and the ENAFS is designed.Finally,the simulation results are given to verify the superiority of the proposed ENAFS in terms of DOF,mutual coupling and estimation performance.
基金This project was funded in part bythe U . S . Army
文摘A fiber Bragg grating (FBG) geophone and a surface seismic wave-based algorithm for detecting the direction of arrival (DOA) are described. The operational principle of FBG geophone is introduced and illustrated with systematic experimental data, demonstrating an improved FBG geophone with many advantages over the conventional geophones. An innovative, robust, and simple algorithm is developed for obtaining the bearing information on the seismic events, such as people walking, or vehicles moving. Such DOA estimate is based on the interactions and projections of surface-propagating seismic waves generated by the moving personnel or vehicles with a single tri-axial seismic sensor based on FBGs. Of particular interest is the case when the distance between the source of the seismic wave and the detector is less than or comparable to one wavelength (less than 100 m), corresponding to near-field detection, where an effective method of DOA finding lacks.
文摘提出一种基于声源空间域分布稀疏和声学矢量传感器“8”字形指向特性的波达方向(Direction of Arrival,DOA)估计方法。该方法在通过最优化稀疏算法选择与声源方向最匹配的向量的同时,借助声学矢量传感器中组合声矢量信号独特的“8”字形指向性,进一步提升了单个声学矢量传感器测向的准确度。实验结果表明,所提方法在宽带信号短时、小快拍情形下具备较强的健壮性,能够有效抑制噪声并准确获得噪声源的空间位置,为后续的噪声控制与处理提供关键的基础信息,有助于提高噪声处理的性能和效果。
基金Supported by Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University
文摘A new method is presented to estimate two-dimensional （2-D） Direction-of-Arrival （DOA） angles of narrowband real-valued signals impinging on a L-shape Arrays（LA）. The basic idea of the proposed method is to increase both the effective aperture size and the number of sensors by employing the conjugate invariance property of real-valued signals. Thus, the proposed method can provide a more precise DOA and detect more signals than the Cross-Correlation Matrix Method （CCMM）. Numerical simulation results are presented to support the theory.
文摘文章针对阵元位置误差导致水听器阵列性能恶化的问题,提出一种适用于均匀线阵列的阵元位置无源校准方法。该方法综合远场阵列模型和宽带信号空间谱的特性,利用压缩感知技术,将阵元实际位置估计问题转化为稀疏信号的重建,建立了阵元位置误差模型,构建了相应的优化函数,并采用正交匹配追踪(Orthogonal Matching Pursuit,OMP)算法解算阵元实际位置。计算机仿真验证表明,基于压缩感知的方法能有效改善阵元位置误差造成的空间谱估计失效问题,可为目标方位角(Direction of Arrival,DOA)估计提供有效的技术支撑。
文摘文中提出一种二维空间相干信号波达方向(Direction of Arrival,DOA)估计方法。该方法首先对L形阵接收数据协方差矩阵进行共轭重构,将原协方差矩阵的平方与重构矩阵的平方相加后求均值,得到新协方差矩阵。然后采用前后向空间平滑技术对新协方差矩阵进行预处理,最后通过Root-MUSIC算法进行DOA估计。仿真实验和湖试数据分析结果表明,与常规方法相比,文中方法避免了谱峰搜索,减小了计算量,提高了相干信号DOA估计的分辨成功概率和估计精度,具有较高的工程应用价值。
文摘针对传统平行线阵的二维波达方向(direction of arrival,DOA)估计算法阵列自由度受限且计算复杂度较高的问题,提出了一种双平行扩展互质阵列下的二维DOA估计算法。首先采用平行扩展互质线阵,利用阵元间距的差集构造虚拟平行均匀线阵,计算该虚拟阵列的自协方差矩阵和互协方差矩阵,并构造Toeplitz矩阵;然后构造增广矩阵,并结合旋转不变技术的信号参数估计(estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance technique,ESPRIT)算法,将二维DOA估计转化为两个一维DOA估计问题,获得唯一且自动配对的二维DOA估计参数。仿真实验结果表明,所提算法较传统算法具有更好的DOA估计性能和更低的计算复杂度。
